2015 Awards

These are my nominations and winners (*) from 2015:

DIRECTOR

• Lenny Abrahamson, ROOM
• *J.J. Abrams, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
• Alex Garland, EX MACHINA
• Adam McKay, THE BIG SHORT
• Quentin Tarantino, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

ACTOR

• Samuel L. Jackson as Major Marquis Warren, THE HATEFUL EIGHT
• Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace, THE END OF THE TOUR
• *Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs, STEVE JOBS
• Paul Dano as Brian Wilson, LOVE & MERCY
• John Boyega as Finn, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

ACTRESS

• Alicia Vikander as Ava, EX MACHINA
• Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano, JOY
• Lily Cole as Ella, CINDERELLA
• *Brie Larson as Joy, ROOM
• Daisy Ridley as Rey, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• *Oscar Isaac as Nathan, EX MACHINA
• Tom Hardy as Fitzgerald, THE REVENANT
• Adam Driver as Jamie, WHILE WE'RE YOUNG
• Steve Carell as Mark Baum, THE BIG SHORT
• Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jessica Chastain as Lucille Sharp, CRIMSON PEAK
• Raffey Cassidy as Athena, TOMORROWLAND
• Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, STEVE JOBS
• *Joan Allen as Nancy, ROOM
• Jennifer Jason Leigh as Daisy Domergue, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

ENSEMBLE

• ROOM
• THE HATEFUL EIGHT
• *THE BIG SHORT
• EX MACHINA
• STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• *Alex Garland, EX MACHINA
• Guillermo Del Toro & Matthew Robbins, CRIMSON PEAK
• Quentin Tarantino, THE HATEFUL EIGHT
• David O. Russell and Annie Mumolo, JOY
• Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen & Meg LeFauve & Josh Cooley, INSIDE OUT

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Donald Margulies, THE END OF THE TOUR
• Aaron Sorkin, STEVE JOBS
• Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, THE BIG SHORT
• *Emma Donoghue, ROOM
• JJ Abrams & Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Arndt, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

DOCUMENTARY

• THE ARMOR OF LIGHT
• CARTEL LAND
• CHRONIC-CON, EPISODE 420: A NEW DOPE
• FINDERS KEEPERS

• *GOING CLEAR, SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF

MUSIC

• EX MACHINA
• STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
• INSIDE OUT
• *THE HATEFUL EIGHT
• LOVE & MERCY

SOUND

• SICARIO
• LOVE & MERCY
• THE MARTIAN
• *STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
• THE HATEFUL EIGHT

HAIR & MAKEUP

• *CRIMSON PEAK
• THE REVENANT
• CINDERELLA
• THE HATEFUL EIGHT
• STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

VISUAL EFFECTS

• EX MACHINA
• CRIMSON PEAK
• TOMORROWLAND
• THE REVENANT
• *STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• EX MACHINA
• *CRIMSON PEAK
• THE HATEFUL EIGHT
• ROOM
• STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

EDITING

• EX MACHINA
• *THE BIG SHORT
• THE HATEFUL EIGHT
• ROOM
• STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• EX MACHINA
• CRIMSON PEAK
• *THE HATEFUL EIGHT
• THE REVENANT
• STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

10 OLDER MOVIES SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2015

1. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
2. FUNNY GAMES (1997)
3. STALKER
4. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS
5. YELLOW SUBMARINE
6. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
7. PATHER PANCHALI
8. HELP!
9. MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR
10. CAT BALLOU

Nomination (Win) Count:

• STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS - 13 (3) - Director/Sound/Effects
• THE HATEFUL EIGHT - 11 (2) - Music/Cinematography
• EX MACHINA - 10 (2) - Orig Screenplay/Supp Actor
• ROOM - 7 (3) - Actress/Supp Actress/Adapt Screenplay
• CRIMSON PEAK - 6 (2) - Makeup/Production Design
• THE BIG SHORT - 5 (2) - Ensemble/Editing
• THE REVENANT - 4
• STEVE JOBS - 3 (1) - Actor
• LOVE & MERCY - 3

• TOMORROWLAND - 2
• CINDERELLA - 2
• INSIDE OUT - 2
• THE END OF THE TOUR - 2
• JOY - 2
• GOING CLEAR, SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF - 1 (1) - Doc
• SICARIO - 1
• THE MARTIAN - 1
• WHILE WE'RE YOUNG - 1
• THE ARMOR OF LIGHT - 1
• CARTEL LAND - 1
• CHRONIC-CON, EPISODE 420: A NEW DOPE - 1
• FINDERS KEEPERS - 1